Strop Definition
(recorded since 1842; now most used) To hone (a raz) with a strop.
(computing) To syntactically mark a sequence of letters as having a special property, such as being a keyword, e.g. by enclosing in apostrophes as in 'foo' or writing in uppercase as in FOO.
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Origin of Strop
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Middle English strope band of leather probably from Old English thong for an oar from Latin stroppus twisted cord from Greek strophos from strephein to turn streb(h)- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From apostrophe, due to use of apostrophes as single quotation marks to indicate boldface in ALGOL 60. Other methods were used, especially in ALGOL 68, where the earlier matched apostrophes were no longer common, and the term became used more generally for any such method.
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Same as strap (which see); recorded in English since 1702.
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